The Flaming Lips

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The Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consists of frontman and founding member Wayne Coyne, alongside Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Matt Duckworth Kirksey (drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals), Tommy McKenzie (bass), and Adam Judd "AJ" Slaughter (guitar, keyboards, pedal steel). Amongst the band's longest-standing members were original bassist Michael Ivins and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd. Other former members include Mark Coyne (lead vocals), Richard English (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), Nathan Roberts (drums), Jonathan Donahue (guitar, backing vocals), who went on to form Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones (guitar, backing vocals), and Kliph Scurlock (drums). The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed f